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Books in Culture/Culture in Books
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library sponsors and publicizes events related to the history and craft of books and printing as part of its Books in Culture/Culture in Books series. Combining lectures, workshops, hands-on presentations, concerts, and other events, Books in Culture/Culture in Books keeps the love of the book alive and well on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Upcoming events at The Rare Book & Manuscript Library and elsewhere on campus are listed below. Check back often for updates and new listings of events.
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library's
Baldwin Collection
is featured in the Association of Research Libraries' publication:
“Celebrating Research: Rare and Special Collections from the Membership of the Association of Research Libraries”
The volume is the result of a collaborative effort among 118 ARL member libraries on the occasion of the Association’s 75th anniversary. Hundreds of people from research libraries across the US and Canada were involved in the identification of potential collections to be profiled and in the writing and photography used in the volume. From these nominations, a single collection was selected from each library by an editorial team. The book may be viewed online at: http://www.celebratingresearch.org/.
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library's Baldwin Collection.
Summer Exhibition at Illinois:
Acquisitions in American Wit and Humor
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library has an impressive collection of books on American wit and humor, anchored by the extensive collections of Franklin J. Meine (1896-1968), which were acquired in three parts, from 1955 to 1969, and supplemented by the Robert B. Downs Collection of American Folklore and Humor. Robert Bingham Downs (1903-1991) was the director of the University Library from 1943 to 1971, and presided over a period of its great development.
This exhibition celebrates some new acquisitions in the field of American wit and humor. Cases 1-4 (and one item in Case 6) are gifts purchased with funds provided by Library Friends in honor on Clarabelle Gunning, who died in April 2007, having retired in 1978 from the Library after 40 years’ service, in part as the secretary of Robert Downs.
Cases 5-7 show examples from the collection of James E. Myers of Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Myers was a great collector of books of American humor, and published his own compilations of humorous material. He was a frequent visitor to the Library, where he consulted books from the Meine and Downs collections. The welcome bequest of his collection in 2000 is allowing the Rare Book & Manuscript Library to add hundreds of scarce (and amusing) early titles to our American wit and humor collection. This is no small matter, since it is otherwise difficult for us to find pieces that we do not own for the period up to and including World War II. The volumes on display have been recently cataloged thanks to a grant awarded through the Library’s National Endowment for the Humanities matching fund competition.
Sponsored by the UIUC Graduate School of Library and Information Science
In this workshop, students will learn the basics of working with leather binding, including tooling and multiple color inlays and paring. On the second day, a small blank book will be created by sewing with an exposed style stitch over cords or straps. No previous experience with working leather will be needed, but basic binding experience preferred.
Instructor: Bea Nettles, www.beanettles.com
Dates: September 6-7
Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm daily.
Location: Conservation Lab 2nd Floor 809 South Oak Street
Cost: $199 - includes supply fee for leather, glue, boards, and paper
($180 for GSLIS staff, students, and alumni, previous Book Arts workshop attendees)
In this one day workshop participants will create three prototypes with needle and thread. These blank books will be made with a range of papers provided and can be used later for journals or gifts. Paper essentials will be covered and students will be given sources for tools and materials for future independent work. This is a basic binding class suitable for beginners.
Instructor: Bea Nettles, www.beanettles.com
Date: October 4, 2008
Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Conservation Lab 809 South Oak Street, Champaign
Cost: $109 - includes supply fee
($99 for GSLIS staff, students, and alumni, previous Book Arts workshop attendees)
Special Note:
Valerie Hotchkiss's presentation: "The Play's the Thing: Shakespeare's Contemporaries on the Art and Business of Play Writing," originally scheduled for March 3rd at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, will now take place October 29, 2008 in conjunction with a production of Hamlet.
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